According to the ESRB, this game contains: Comic Mischief, Mild Language, Mild Animated Violence
Parents should know that, while Okage has no gore or nudity whatever, its "mild language" is pretty pervasive. "Damn"s, "hell"s and even "bastard"s abound.
Tim Burton fans may enjoy the game's shiny, claylike graphics, which are reminiscent of the animation in the film The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Hardcore RPG fans will probably find Okage short and thin, while RPG neophytes may be put off by its strangeness.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing gamers should have no problems playing Okage: Shadow King. The story is told in text and there are no significant auditory cues.
Tera Kirk grew up in a small Nebraska town called Papillion. Although she has a
nonverbal learning disability that affects her visual-spatial skills (among other things), she's always loved video games. Her first game system was a Commodore Vic-20, which her mom bought at a garage sale for $20. With this little computer Tera learned to write Mad Libs in BASIC, to play chess and to steal gold from Fort Knox.
But then a friend introduced her to the seedy underworld of the Mario brothers and she spent her saved-up birthday and Christmas money to buy a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Her mom didn't like the Nintendo at first, but
The Legend of Zelda changed her mind. (When Tera got
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link one Christmas, she suspected it was as much for her mother as for her).
Though she graduated from
Agnes Scott College in 2002 and recently learned how to find the movie theater restroom by herself, Tera still loves video games. Far from being a brain-rotting waste of time, they've helped her practice spatial skills and discover new passions. Her love of games like
Kid Icarus and
The Battle of Olympus led to a degree in Classical Languages and Literatures. She thinks games have a place in discussions on disability and other cultural issues, and is excited to work with the like-minded staff at GameCritics.com.
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